David Monet (U.S. Naval Observatory Flagstaff Station), The Pan-STARRS Team (Institute for Astronomy, University of Hawaii)
Keywords: Pan-STARRS
Abstract:
New requirements for accuracy, sensitivity, and timeliness in Space Situational Awareness (SSA) flow down into requirements for star catalogs that provide in-frame metrics. Star catalogs are being used to provide the (astro-)metric calibration of the focal plane sensor(s) as well as for the photometric calibration. In many cases, the SSA sensor does not have traditional astronomical filters, so the transformation between the internal and external color systems becomes an issue. The Pan-STARRS prototype telescope, PS1, will generate an AP catalog with 10 milliarcsecond astrometric accuracy and (at least) 2% photometric accuracy in 5 different colors that should be useful for many SSA applications.
Date of Conference: September 10-14, 2006
Track: Pan-STARRS